The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature

The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature
by Denis H. Lynn (Author)

Product Details
* Hardcover: 606 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 3rd ed. edition (July 1, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 140208238X

Book Description
The third edition of The Ciliated Protozoa continues the innovative approach of the previous two editions, thoroughly documenting the progress in our understanding of the evolutionary diversification of these widely distributed eukaryotic microorganisms.
The Glossary is considerably revised and expanded, serving as an illustrated subject index of more than 700 terms. An introduction to the phylum is followed by chapters on the 11 classes. Each class chapter contains 7 sections:
* taxonomic structure
* life history and ecology
* somatic structures
* oral structures
* division and morphogenesis
* nuclei, sexuality, and life cycle
* other features
The book includes new data on the ultrastructure of the somatic cortex of each class, molecular phylogenetics, ecology, and on other important aspects of ciliate biology. These new data are used, along with a novel conceptual approach, to rationalize a new system of classification for the phylum, presented in a major chapter on The Ciliate Taxa. The book includes an up-to-date bibliography of approximately 3,000 citations to both the classical and recent literature, and both a Subject Index and a Systematic Index.
This unique and timely book will serve as a comprehensive and authoritative reference work for students, teachers, and researchers who have an interest in the protozoa, and particularly the ciliates.

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Endocrine Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Volume 9

Endocrine Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Volume 9 (Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases)
by Sara Walker (Editor), Luis J. Jara (Editor), Ronald Asherson (Series Editor)

Product Details
* Hardcover: 340 pages
* Publisher: Elsevier Science (June 18, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0444531726

Book Description
This book is one of the first to evaluate the role of Steroids in autoimmune rheumatic diseases from the basic mechanisms to the clinical involvements and focuses on the importance of steroidal hormones in the pathogenesis and therapeutical management of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. In particular, the chapters analyze the mechanisms of action and the involvement of adrenal steroids (glucocorticoids) in the neuroendocrine immune system, including the effects on elderly.
The perturbations of the HPA axis as source of altered steroidal sythesis will be discussed and related to some interesting pathological conditions often complicating the autoimmune rheumatic diseases susch as psychosis or fibromyalgia. Concerning the role of gonadal steroids (sex hormones), several chapters will discuss clinical and epidemiological evidences of their role, as well as their effects as risk factors in autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including a section in Pediatrics.
*The premier issue evaluating the role of Steroids in autoimmune rheumatic diseases from the basic mechanisms to the clinical involvements
*Documents the latest research and indicate recent and coming new therapeutical-biological approaches to the therapy
*The book will present therapeutical perspectives concerning the new glucocorticoids, and the effects of biological drugs on their synthesis.

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